This is a summary of various useful advice I've received on improving motivation and self worth. I posted it elsewhere some time ago.

Focus On The Goal

Ask yourself 'what do I want?' 'What will I get from this activity?' 'Why do / don't I want to do it right now?' 'What's in my long term interests?'

What will it feel like to do this?Will I feel better or worse if I don't try?

What's the worst that can happen if I try?Is that better or worse than what will happen if I don't?What's the best thing that can happen if I try?Is that better or worse than what will happen if I don't?

Visualise reaching your goal. Nice there isn't it?

Evaluate Yourself

Break down everything you do, home, work, wherever, in an average week / month into individual tasks, events and decisions; from preparing a budget or comforting a friend to deciding to go with an apple rather than a jaffa cake.

List them on one side of a page.

If you have someone close to you who is supportive, ask them to write down all the talents, skills and personality traits required for each individual task.

Or pretend you are evaluating a friend and on the other side of the page write down all the talents, skills and personality traits required for each individual task.

What do you think of the person with all of those traits and abilities?

Change Your Routine

The definition of insanity is repeating the same actions and hoping for a different result.

Do something, anything, different. Try something, anything, new.

Even if it all feels pointless and life feels washed out, sooner or later you will find activities you enjoy more than sitting on the sofa.

Fresh Air and Exercise.

Go for a walk, however short. Do more if you can. Hike, Swim, dance, climb, cycle, go to the gym, etc.

Break The Echo Chamber

Talk to someone you wouldn't normally chat to. Ask them about themselves, their lives, their opinions.

Put Yourself First

Set an hour of me time each day. Treat yourself in that hour to something you want or enjoy.

You have the right to say, no, I don't want to do that, I want to do this.

You are not responsible for other people, their feelings or their actions. They are not responsible for you.

You are responsible for you, your actions or inactions, any young children you may have and your pets. That's it.

Cut Yourself Some Slack

Listen to what you tell yourself, is it kind and caring? If you wouldn't say it to a friend, why say it to yourself?

Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day

Stop to congratulate yourself on each small victory. Remember how far you've come. Congratulate yourself on your progress.

Perfectionism

Superman is perfect, the rest of us will need a break, feel down sometimes, fail at something, make mistakes or simply take a day off.

Thanks. It is one of two posts I spent a lot of time on, principally to try to share my knowledge to help others. This thread has become a spam magnet but if it stops it being posted elsewhere then all well and good.

I've read all of thabove, and I cannot agree with any of it, I apologize to whomever wrote itWhat do I want? I'm asked this by my doctors, it takes up all my time, I want nothing, I aspire to be nothing I dream of killing people, random people, What I do is read, to stop the voices, I have tried suicide but after the last time breaking ones neck and nearly crippling myself, I now think of other ways.

Majority of time I just want to know why I feel of the ways I do, I cannot put into words how I feel as I've found that saying how I feel, people especially the police come knocking, so I read to try and stop the feelings I very rarely go out if I do it's to hospital appointment s or doctors, Now I've woken with a dream one I knew I was dreaming and knew I didn't carAll I want to know is why I feel this way, when the doctors I see do not tell me?